clap 的 4 个定义
clapped, clap·ping.
- to strike the palms of against one another resoundingly, and usually repeatedly, especially to express approval: She clapped her hands in appreciation.
- to strike amicably with a light, open-handed slap, as in greeting, encouragement, or the like: He clapped his friend on the back.
- to strike against something quickly and forcefully, producing an abrupt, sharp sound, or a series of such sounds: to clap a book on the table.
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clapped, clap·ping.
- to clap the hands, as to express approval; applaud: After the audience stopped clapping, the tenor sang two encores.
- to make an abrupt, sharp sound, as of flat surfaces striking against one another: The shutters clapped in the wind.
- to move or strike with such a sound: She clapped across the room in her slippers.
- an act or instance of clapping.
- the abrupt, sharp sound produced by clapping.
- a resounding blow; slap.
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- clap back, Slang. See entry at clapback.
clap 近义词
loud hitting noise
applaud; slap with approbation
更多clap例句
- The pocket shape “dramatically improves the clap by trapping more air and creating a stronger jet.”
- Researchers thought the wing clap likely formed a pocket of air that shoots out like a jet.
- Previous research had suggested that a butterfly’s overhead wing clap forces the insect forward.
- Researchers thought they knew how the clap worked, he notes.
- He once joked to The Washington Post that it was “a little bit like saying you have the clap.”
- Which is why you should: “Clap along, if you feel like a room without a roof.”
- The music drifted through the rain and the woman started to clap her hands and dance.
- Like, clap-my-hands-together-in-schoolgirl-like-glee over the moon to see it.
- No one applauded–rare on a night when hands tend to clap after every cough and sneeze.
- Everyone stood up to clap in his honor, including Mao himself.
- "We have a grandfather in Greenfield," spoke up the youngest child before his sister could clap her hand over his mouth.
- But ten thousand saw Musa's hand clap to hilt, and Iftikhar's lance half fall to rest.
- Viscount Melbourne expressed himself to the effect that the Earl of Ripon's motion came like a thunder-clap upon him.
- You had a very fair clap-trap against us, as we happened to be master manufacturers, in saying that we wanted to reduce wages.
- You can't clap a new head on to old shoulders without upsetting circulation and equilibrium.